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Amber Hugus

Seneca Valley High School

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RE: Misummer/Jersey

Posted By Amber Hugus 10-13-2023 11:34
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I have done this show twice now! It's one of my favorites. I used the "adults" as the fairies. My cast was 20 people. Hard to double up the other parts, as they would have to change costumes/identities very quickly. Also, the majority of the cast is on stage for the final scene. Principal Platt/Pe ...

Independent Study Plan

Posted By Amber Hugus 11-11-2022 08:51
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I am currently teaching Advance Theater and Advanced Theater Experience during the same class period. I am looking for some sort of independent study/independent improvement survey or planning worksheet to give my second- and third-year students. Does anyone have anything like this? I have a number of ...

RE: meetings for Thespian Troupe

Posted By Amber Hugus 10-13-2022 08:49
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My students tend to be so busy, between school shows and community shows and theater schools shows, I can barely get them to meet once a month! I typically meet with my officers in August and plan out the year. We do meet at minimum once a month. Sometimes our "meetings" are attending an event together, ...

Theatre Class Units of Study

Posted By Amber Hugus 11-18-2021 09:17
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Hello! I have been teaching Theatre and Advanced Theatre for a few years now and I am working on re-vamping some of my older materials.  I inherited a lot from the previous teacher and I don't love it all. I'm curious what "Units" others teach?  I know there are standards and curriculum and all ...

RE: Trap by Stephen Gregg - Glasses

Posted By Amber Hugus 10-07-2021 07:28
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Hello! I purchased a bunch of pairs of cheap frames or readers, I can't remember.  I bought them in bulk from Direct Supply.  It took like 8 weeks for them to arrive, so I caution you on that particular supplier.  Anywho, then I bought red finger lights from Oriental Trading and slid them onto the ...

RE: What do you do in a Thespians meeting?

Posted By Amber Hugus 09-17-2021 09:37
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Congrats on the new position! My school requires that we meet once a month and my students are very involved in just about everything, so we stick to that.  Our meetings vary month to month.  In August, I have a planning meeting with my executive board, and we try to figure out one activity a month ...

RE: Getting Students to Know More Musicals

Posted By Amber Hugus 05-21-2021 08:17
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RE: Getting Students to Know More Musicals

Posted By Amber Hugus 05-21-2021 08:17
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I have my Advanced Theatre classes do a presentation on a musical.  I have a list they can choose from; however, you could always eliminate anything currently running.  I'll attach the assignment here.  They have to tell the group about the show (synapsis, conflict, resolution, etc.) and then find information ...

RE: Most successful, fun mystery ever done for middle/high school

Posted By Amber Hugus 05-21-2021 08:11
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We loved Ax of Murder.  It's about a group putting on a play that is supposedly haunted.  You do need one very strong male lead.  Simple set, ala an empty stage.  I used some random set pieces, a costume rack, etc. to give the appearance of a "theater".  Very, very funny. ------------------------------ ...

RE: Most financially successful non-musical play you've ever done!

Posted By Amber Hugus 04-16-2021 09:57
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I promise this took all of two seconds to send through our copier. Maybe you can print it and go to town with the white out on my notes haha! Also, we added a character because I had one boy that didn't have a part. So all of his scenes are at the end. You can see in my notes where it says "see new ...

RE: Most financially successful non-musical play you've ever done!

Posted By Amber Hugus 04-16-2021 08:39
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Actually, if you want it, I'll scan it. Just warning you it's a mess.

RE: Most financially successful non-musical play you've ever done!

Posted By Amber Hugus 04-16-2021 08:34
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Unfortunately, the website is no longer in service!!! I did the show in 2013 and the teacher who did the cuts must not be teaching anymore. If you want to look around yourself this was the original website. I tried googling her name and her name with Romeo and Juliet, but I didn't find anything. ...

RE: Most financially successful non-musical play you've ever done!

Posted By Amber Hugus 04-16-2021 07:42
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I found this amazing cut version of Romeo and Juliet online.  It held the substance of the original show, with much of the original dialogue, but had six narrators to help tell the story.  We spent our money on a fight choreographer who taught my whole cast how to sword fight, then choreographed our ...

RE: Making your read through rehearsal valuable for all

Posted By Amber Hugus 01-31-2020 08:32
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We only have the actors with speaking parts come to the read-through.  Our rehearsals are very specifically scheduled, and we only call those who are needed.  That way, we don't have people sitting around with nothing to do.  This was a change my colleagues and I enacted when we took over the program ...

RE: Ideas to get Students to 10 Thespian Points

Posted By Amber Hugus 01-09-2020 08:02
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Are there any classes or workshops they could attend?  I give my students a point for attending an all-day workshop in Pittsburgh that is run by local professionals.  They also get a point for taking my Theatre class.  Are all of your storage areas clean and organized?  Perhaps they could spend some ...

RE: The ever dreaded show selection

Posted By Amber Hugus 01-07-2020 10:17
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I'm not sure, but if you Google the script names, they will come up. ------------------------------ Amber Hugus Harmony PA ------------------------------

RE: The ever dreaded show selection

Posted By Amber Hugus 01-03-2020 07:38
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Hello, I have done two excellent murder mysteries that my kids had a blast with.  One was Ax of Murder - super simple set, takes place in an auditorium on an empty stage.  Need one very strong male lead.  The other was Nooses Off - this one is more challenging in the set and tech departments; however, ...

RE: Trap by Stephen Gregg

Posted By Amber Hugus 06-08-2019 08:58
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Hi!  So the description of the sound in the script was something like a gasp or a human sound or something like that. So, we made a recording of one of our actresses sort of breathing in like a gasp. But high pitched. It was perfect. ------------------------------ Amber Hugus Harmony PA ----- ...

Honoring Thespians Display

Posted By Amber Hugus 05-24-2019 08:00
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Hello, I am a newer troupe sponsor.  My club president and I are trying to figure out a way to honor Thespian membership more than has been done in the past.  We have finally gotten administration permission to wear cords at graduation!  Here's what we want to do.  We want to create some sort of public ...

Trap by Stephen Gregg

Posted By Amber Hugus 04-29-2019 07:53
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​TRAP!  TRAP!  TRAP!!!  Stephen Gregg has created some amazing art with this play! I can't say enough about this show!!  I posted this in a thread regarding plays in the horror genre; however, I wanted to give it its own post. We played Trap this weekend to two delighted audiences.  I have never had ...